#C97B31#C97B31

#C97B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.130 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C97B31
RGB	rgb(201, 123, 49)
HSL	hsl(29, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 24.45, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 56.70, 64.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.0646 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.13 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7274, 26.8084, 6.4088)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C97B31 #317FC9

analogous

#C93133 #C97B31 #C9C731

triadic

#C97B31 #31C97B #7B31C9

tetradic

#C97B31 #33C931 #317FC9 #C731C9

square

#C97B31 #33C931 #317FC9 #C731C9

split-complementary

#C97B31 #31C9C7 #3133C9

monochromatic

#673F19 #985D25 #C97B31 #D89A5F #E4B990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#C97B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#C97B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C97B31

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C97B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C97B31	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC6A6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c97b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 123, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.130 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa16e',
    500: '#c97b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c97b31;
$custom-light: #dfa16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c97b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.211,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65382,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C97B31

secondary

#87ACCF

accent

#96E444

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C97B31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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